: About Me

I am new to Helium, but I intend to become a regular, where everyone knows my name : )
Seriously, I love to write and this will be a great outlet.
I began writing when I was 8, and by high school I had written numerous poems, short stories and an ongoing dramatic series. I attempted to publish some of the poems, but my English professor told me they weren't good enough. She was also the one who gave me the highest grade in the class on a writing assignment I wrote the night before while under the influence. Go figure.
Anyway, now I hardly ever write unless sober, and my writing suffers for it, but bear with me here folks, it can only get better.

Read my articles early and often; thanks for your support!

My passion is ...

humor

I know too much about ...

worrying

My parents always told me ...

rise and shine!

My childhood ambition ...

to be a writer

My favorite memory ...

playing "house" as a child

Why I write ...

it makes me feel productive

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am a closet American Idol fan

My first job ...

babysitting

My best moment ...

getting together with my husband

My inspiration ...

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Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Does motherhood really spell the end of writing?

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Yes, being a mother, especially to very young children, can spell the end of writing, depending on how creative you really are. Children can pull and pull at you until you find yourself so-and-so's MOTHER, rather than Sally, writer, Mary, artist or whoever you were before. It's very easy to fall into the motherhood all or nothing mentality. But it isn't healthy for you or the kids. Because I am a bit low in the creativity area, I have only come up with a few ways a mother can get anything done, let alone write. Young children are very needy, of course. Mothers have to tend to them 24/7 esp...

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